Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
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什么的(shénme de) is an informal way to express etc.(formally expressed using 等), and used to end a list of things when it is obvious to the listener what class of things the speaker is talking about. It is often used after a list of nouns followed by 啊, to emphasize that the nouns belong to a list.
- 欧洲 有 哪 些 国家? 法国 啊，英国 啊，德国 啊 什么 的. 反正 都 是 些 小 国家！
- 像 数学 啊，化学 啊，英语 啊 什么的，我 觉得 超级 无聊，不 想 学！
- 希特勒 啊，列宁 啊，毛泽东 啊 什么的，对 我 来 说 都 差不多。
